Comet 209P/LINEAR Sky Charts and Coordinates

This is a simplified sky chart, showing where Comet 209P/LINEAR is now with respect to the brightest stars and constellations.

More advanced sky charts are available on TheSkyLive for this object: 1) the Online Planetarium which is
interactive and allows to select dates and additional objects to visualize; and 2)
the Live Position and Data Tracker
which provides the highest precision position data and features deep sky imagery from the Digitized Sky Survey.

Comet 209P/LINEAR Rise and Set Times

Today's Comet 209P/LINEAR rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].
All times are relative to the local timezone Europe/London.

Azimuth: 73.3°RISE9:40

Max altitude: 55.2°TRANSIT17:07

Azimuth: 286.7°SET0:38

Comet 209P/LINEAR Orbit Diagram

This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows
the orbit of Comet 209P/LINEAR with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets.
The position of Comet 209P/LINEAR and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration
of the objects in the Solar System.
This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!

Comet 209P/LINEAR Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Comet 209P/LINEAR computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval.
Click on each row of the table to locate Comet 209P/LINEAR in our Online Planetarium
at the chosen date.

Distance of Comet 209P/LINEAR from Earth

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 209P/LINEAR from Earth as a function of time.
Distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with a 2 days interval.

The reported distances might be inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth.
The value of the distance of 209P/LINEAR is also available as a real time updated value in the
Live Position and Data Tracker.

Distance of Comet 209P/LINEAR from Earth between January 2013 and December 2075

Light Curve of Comet 209P/LINEAR

The following chart is the predicted light curve
(visual magnitude as a function of time) of Comet 209P/LINEAR,
according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies
for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies
between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Predicted magnitude of Comet 209P/LINEAR between
January 2013 and December 2075